Acherontic \Ach`e*ron"tic\, a.
Of or pertaining to Acheron; infernal; hence, dismal, gloomy;
moribund.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Acherontic
adj : dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades;
"in the depths of an Acheronian forest"; "upon those
roseate lips a Stygian hue"-Wordsworth [syn: Acheronian,
Stygian]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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